bored to death

bore (one) to death

To cause one to be extremely bored, to the point of distraction, frustration, or irritation. Today's lecture bored me to death.
See also: bore, death

bored to death

Extremely bored, especially to the point of distraction, frustration, or irritation. I was bored to death listening to that lecture this afternoon.
See also: bore, death
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • bore (one) to death
  • bore to death
  • be bored to death
  • bored to tears
  • bore stiff
  • bore the pants off (of) (one)
  • bore the pants off of
  • bored out of (one's) mind
References in periodicals archive
Evelyn Wyndham is bored to death of the societal rules she is bound to in Victorian England.
"They don't want to be bored to death with elongated guitar solos here and there.
Cooper, such a charismatic presence in, say, The Hangover, is stymied at every turn by a smorgasbord of character cliches before we arrive, bored to death, at the predictable finale.
The actor has fared better with subsequent projects, including "Becker" and "Bored to Death." And he's in season two of the FX hit "Fargo," starting Oct.
I was bored to death in hospital as I don't watch TV as much but on Facebook more."
Sir Ben talked about how much he is looking forward to racing in front of his 'home crowd', as if it is almost impossible to go into your local and not get bored to death by some bloke at the bar banging on about how excited he is at the prospect of the 2017 Americas Cup.
The event, organized as a celebration of the New York reading series' 30th anniversary, would feature three short stories, Aimee Bender's 'Fruit and Words' read by Heather Burns (Bored to Death), Dolan Morgan's 'Interior Design' by Dave Hill (Tasteful Nudes), and Kurt Vonnegut's 'Who am I This Time?', read by by Alex Karpovsky (Girls).
Pratt tells listeners that the heart's active presence will soon wander, bored to death with you, if you refuse to engage regularly and intimately with ecstasy.
The 38-year-old was "bored to death" working in media sales before he entered MasterChef, which gave him "the most amazing opportunity, for which I'm eternally grateful," he says.
Many people who are bored to death by friends' mundane status updates have decided to go for a 'Facebook-Free February', and to spend more time with their closed ones.
You would get bored to death if we were sitting in the same position for the next four or five years.
I don't know about you, but I've sat through dozens of sales meetings and appointments and in many cases--if not most--have been bored to death. A few years ago, during one particular sales call, the salesperson fired up his laptop and walked me through a 38-slide PowerPoint presentation.
Who else is bored to death with all this blaming others whilst not doing anything about the problem?
Series -- Bored to Death at 10.30pm on OSN Comedy Jonathan Ames, a writer based in Brooklyn, New York City, decides to moonlight as an unlicenced private eye after his girlfriend breaks up with him.